SKEPTON v. COUNTY OF BUCKS, PA.

Civ. A. No. 84-4395.

613 F.Supp. 1013 (1985)

Franklin E. SKEPTON v. COUNTY OF BUCKS, PENNSYLVANIA, Andrew L. Warren and Carl F. Fonash, in their official capacities as Commissioners of Bucks County, Elaine P. Zettick, Peter A. Naccarato, P.E., O'Donnell and Naccarato, Inc., McClymont Associates, Vaughn Organization.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

July 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris F. Goldich, King of Prussia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Paul C. Madden, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants County of Bucks, Pa., Andrew L. Warren, Carl F. Fonash and Elaine P. Zettick.

Richard D. Adamson, Morrisville, Pa., for defendants Peter A. Naccarato, P.E., and O'Donnell and Naccarato, Inc.


OPINION

LUONGO, Chief Judge.

This case exemplifies how an imaginative lawyer can transform a routine contract suit into a "federal case" in the historic sense of that term. At root is a general contractor's midstream termination by a County and its agents. The legal claims include a treble damage action under the antitrust laws, a suit for deprivation of constitutional rights (including the right of free speech) under color of state law, and an "implied...

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